Playdates and Dance Parties

May 24 we woke up so excited because the Robinsons were coming to visit us!! We love when Aunt Tracey, Mitchell, and Carter come to visit. We love our play time and we love sharing our life with them. Most importantly we love love LOVE that we live close enough that they can come visit us and play at OUR house!!!!

The day actually started out pretty chilly...even though we were looking forward to playing outside and in the water all afternoon. It was much too chilly so we played in the basement for awhile instead.

It has similar qualities to the outside like a few random bugs and riding toys. Boys love riding toys :)

Charlotte served Carter some tea. She LOVES to make tea :) I am sure Uncle Mark will LOVE this picture of Carter having a tea party.

We had a delicious lunch of pepperoni bread. Everyone ate a ton and then we headed to Black Partridge Park... about a half of a mile away. There were plenty of other kids there (which always makes me cringe) but we scared the older ones off. 

The kiddos loved the merry-go-round.

They loved it!!

It was pure bliss before some weirdo kids came over and started trying to push the merry-go-round and take part. I was like, "Um, there is an entire park to play in. Go somewhere else." So annoying.

So we all shifted to the swings....

Sawyer let Aunt Tracey love on him.

Charlotte isn't one for swinging really high. She says, "Big, Momma!" I barely tap her and that is big for her. This is her excited about the BIG push.

Love our babies!

We had a blast at the park!! :) Everyone got a lot of energy out. We then headed back to our humble abode and had a delicious treat!!

ICE CREAM CONES!!!

Carter LOVED the ice cream cone.

Mitchell opted out of the actual cone. But he loved him some ice cream on a lion plate :)

They headed back to Davis Junction after dessert. Now that the crew is getting older, we don't have to plan the entire day around naps. They got to stay until 3:30 pm. 

After dinner and baths, we had a dance party in Sawyer's room. The kids wearing bath robes is just so cute.

How cute is this girl??

We love brushing our teeth!

"Mom, I have teeth now. We had better brush them!"

Dancing crazy!!

"Sissy, you are so silly!"

How cute is this girl????

SO HAPPY!!!

Love him!

It always turns to taking everything out of the drawers and it always turns into a dress up party :)

We had a great Friday. Amazing friends. Fabulous kids. Wonderful memories.

Bath Time Pictures

I took a bunch of pictures of the kiddos so I could print some off for frames in their bathroom. I can't get enough of these kids.

Bath time can be hard. I do bath time by myself almost every night. It can get a bit hectic but we work it all out. These two LOVE the water...the bubbles... the wet wash cloths.... the toys.

"Mom, I am going to jump in."

"Hey Mom. I am crazy."

Love this.

Such a happy boy most of the time.

My pretty pretty princess.

Sawyer is ALWAYS watching to see what she does. He is learning everything from her.

Bath time is over.

Time. For. Bed.

Saturday Was A Big Day...

On Saturday morning of January 26, 2013, we got up and got things moving in our house. Alex got up and started packing the car.

Charlotte got up and saw that "Baby", our little stray kitty that visits, was hanging around. So we let her in and let her hang out with Charlotte... and Mary, the crazy cat lady, jumped in and hung out too :)

We got a bunch of loose ends tied up and got the NEW car loaded for Alex. It was time for him to make his 12-13 hour drive to John's house.

NOTE: He is wearing an Illinois T-shirt that I got him.

See you in Illinois!!! 

Once Alex was gone, we got to work on packing again. We finished getting the garage organized and finished getting random kitchen items packed. Then we all get dressed for the outside world and headed into Columbus.

We were shopping for dresses for Katie. She needed a dress for Mary's wedding (and preferrably one for Eric's in May as well.) Mary was also looking for a wedding present from Grandma Ann.

We went to Ross and we found Katie 8 or 9 dresses to try on. She was a GREAT sport and tried all of them on (with Grandma's help) and she ended up choosing to 2 fabulous dresses. She looked beautiful in all of them but she chose 2 great ones.  Then we headed over to Marshalls where Mary and Grandma went in to look for bedspreads for Mary. Katie and I stayed in the car with the kids.

Sawyer loved that Katie let him out of his seat and played with him.

Charlotte picked her nose.

We then headed to Target to pick up some random stuff....like the move "Pitch Perfect". (FABULOUS MOVIE). We got a BUNCH of random stuff (and Grandma insisted on buying us random things.)

We then headed home with Papa John's pizza in hand. We ate and it was bath time.

Charlotte, Katie, and Sawyer took baths in the BIG bath tub...complete with BUBBLES and jets.

THEY LOVED IT.

Love my beautiful kiddos.

Sweet kisses from my sweet baby.

"Momma, this is so fun!!"

Once the kids got their baths, we all wound down and they headed to bed. Us grown ups watched Pitch Perfect. HILARIOUS. It was a perfect day and I was so sad that it had to end.

I LOVE having visitors. I love my family. Simple as that.

A Few Random Pictures.... We LOVE To Take Pictures!!!

I take a bunch of pictures. Like, a ton. And I put quite a few on this blog....but not even half of the pictures go on this. I love pictures and I hope that someday my kids are 

Look at this beautiful face :) Just finished with a fabulous bath. Check out the curly hair peeking through.

Here is his "watch me grow and see how I change" picture. 

She looks like she does not have teeth. So funny! Check out her bruise on the right side of her forehead.

Here is his bassinet in our bed. I LOVE THIS. Love the way he sleeps.

BATH TIME!!!

Wow. Isn't Charlotte hilarious???

Sawyer's little photo shoot

Secrets

This little piggy...